19May16

Information provided by Russia on the procurement by ISIL of components for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices

United NationsSecurity Council

S/2016/457

Distr.: General19 May 2016EnglishOriginal: Russian

Letter dated 17 May 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to
the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to transmit hereby an information note on the procurement by Islamic State in
Iraq and the Levant of components for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices (see
annex).

I should be grateful if this letter and its annex could be distributed as a document of the Security
Council.

(Signed) B. Churkin

Annex to the letter dated 17 May 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian
Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Procurement by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant of components for the manufacture
of improvised explosive devices

Terrorists in Iraq and Syria are being supplied through foreign channels with the items needed to
manufacture improvised explosive devices. An analysis of the basic chemical components of
explosives captured from Islamists in the region of Tikrit (Iraq) and in Kobani (Syria), with
subsequent identification of the manufacturers and review of the conditions for selling such
components to other countries, indicates that they were either manufactured in Turkey or
delivered to that country without the right of re-export.

The following Turkish firms acted as intermediaries: Gultas Kimya, Marikem Kimyevi ve
Endustriyel Urunler, Metkim, EKM Gubre and Diversey Kimya. These companies have
delivered to Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) aluminium powder, ammonium nitrate,
pelletized carbamide and hydrogen peroxide produced by various Turkish and foreign
companies. In this context, there has been a remarkable seven-fold increase in the volume of
deliveries from Turkey to Syria of ammonium nitrate (at a time when agriculture in the Syrian
Arab Republic is in decline), which is used by terrorists in the manufacture of improvised
explosive devices.

One notable feature of the improvised explosive devices assembled in ISIL workshops in the
Middle East is the use of the following: PIC16F1827 microcontrollers made by Microchip
Technology, a United States company; TIP102 and BDX53C transistors from the Swiss
company ST Microelectronics; and mobile telephones from Nokia, model 105 RM-908.

Furthermore, detonation cords manufactured in third countries have been illegally resold through
Turkey to ISIL fighters.

These facts demonstrate that the Turkish authorities are deliberately involved in ISIL activity, as
they are providing access to components for improvised explosive devices that are being widely
used to commit terrorist acts.

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